{"id":426739,"date":"2022-04-05T03:53:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T00:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/is-joe-biden-actually-clueless-about-hunters-dealings\/"},"modified":"2022-04-05T03:53:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T00:53:19","slug":"is-joe-biden-actually-clueless-about-hunters-dealings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/is-joe-biden-actually-clueless-about-hunters-dealings\/","title":{"rendered":"#Is Joe Biden actually clueless about Hunter&#8217;s dealings?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c208af2b81\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c208af2b81\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/is-joe-biden-actually-clueless-about-hunters-dealings\/#%E2%80%9CIs_Joe_Biden_actually_clueless_about_Hunters_dealings%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Is Joe Biden actually clueless about Hunter&#8217;s dealings?&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CIs_Joe_Biden_actually_clueless_about_Hunters_dealings%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Is Joe Biden actually clueless about Hunter&#8217;s dealings?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/rich-lowry.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Rich Lowry\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/rich-lowry.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/rich-lowry.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The walls evidently aren\u2019t closing in on President Joe Biden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite the mainstream press finally taking up the sleazy business dealings discussed in e-mails found on Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop, the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>\u2019s lack of interest in Joe Biden\u2019s knowledge or involvement in this lucrative part of the family business is palpable.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If President Donald Trump were caught up in similar circumstances, he\u2019d be hounded at every press conference and during every walk to Marine One with the questions: What did he know and when did he know it? It\u2019d dominate cable <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> and the Sunday shows, newspaper editorials and op-ed pages.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s nice that the laptop once dismissed as Russian disinformation is finally considered a legitimate source of news by what are supposed to be news outlets, the reporting comes a year-and-a-half late and doesn\u2019t add new information commensurate with the delay.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At this rate, the press will develop a keen interest in the Joe Biden angle to the story \u2014 the most interesting and consequential angle \u2014 sometime in late 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s son, Hunter, and his brother, Jim, have made a living from trafficking on their family name and political connections. The laptop is a guide to a particularly ripe example, a deal with CEFC China Energy, a cat\u2019s paw of the Chinese Communist Party that funneled nearly $5 million to Hunter and his uncle.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/hunter-biden-49.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"World Food Program USA Board Chairman Hunter Biden speaks on stage at the World Food Program USA's Annual McGovern-Dole Leadership Award Ceremony.\" class=\"wp-image-21780281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/hunter-biden-49.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/hunter-biden-49.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/hunter-biden-49.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The New York Times and Washington Post authenticated the Hunter Biden laptop story over a year after the Post broke it.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Teresa Kroeger\/Getty Images for World Food Program USA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t have taken much imagination or curiosity on Joe Biden\u2019s part to realize what his son was up to. The president has said that he\u2019s \u201cnever spoken\u201d to Hunter about \u201chis overseas business dealings.\u201d Let\u2019s stipulate that\u2019s true (even if it\u2019s hard to believe) \u2014 it wouldn\u2019t have taken much conversation for the then-vice president to understand why his son was hitching a ride on Air Force Two with him on a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> to China in 2013. It wasn\u2019t for sightseeing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Hunter met with the investment banker Jonathan Li, whose private-equity fund got <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved by Chinese authorities shortly afterward. Hunter sat on the board.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Until they had a falling out over Hunter\u2019s poor judgment in joining the board of the Ukrainian energy firm Burisma, Biden\u2019s son was in business with John Kerry\u2019s stepson, Chris Heinz. So that\u2019s two relations of Democrats who had run for president and occupied high government offices, just coincidentally doing buck-raking together.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How could Joe Biden and John Kerry, these sophisticated statesmen with high-flying connections around the world, <em>not<\/em> notice what was going on? Had they never encountered the phenomenon of relatives of government officials trying to cash in before?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Even if Joe wanted to avert his gaze from Hunter, in the grip of a terrible addiction, what about his brother, Jim? Did Joe never talk to <em>him <\/em>about business, either? (That\u2019s an awful lot of not talking for Joe Biden.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/biden-milano-03-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) speaks as his son, Hunter Biden, looks on at the World Food Program USA's Annual McGovern-Dole Leadership Award Ceremony.\" class=\"wp-image-21780292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/biden-milano-03-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/biden-milano-03-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/biden-milano-03-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Hunter joined his then-vice president father on Air Force Two on a trip to China in 2013.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Paul Morigi\/Getty Images for World Food Program USA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even though we knew about it back in 2020, the CEFC deal remains jaw-dropping. The company sought to extend Chinese influence as part of Beijing\u2019s \u201cBelt and Road\u201d initiative. The founder of CEFC, Ye Zianming, roped in Hunter Biden, infamously giving him a 2.8-carat diamond after their first meeting. Everyone knew the score.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hunter referred to another CEFC official as \u201cthe f\u2013king spy chief\u201d and was under no illusions about his attraction to the firm. He told Tony Bobulinski, recruited to structure the deal, that CEFC was \u201ccoming to be MY partner to be partners with the Bidens.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The only one who didn\u2019t understand\u00a0the nature of this relationship was Joe Biden, who must have believed well-heeled companies connected to the Chinese government sought out his son for his business acumen and sound judgment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/1389545230.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his 'Trucking Action Plan' on the South Lawn of the White House.\" class=\"wp-image-21780311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/1389545230.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/1389545230.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/1389545230.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/1389545230.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>There is no concrete evidence that Biden was involved in his son\u2019s dealings at this time.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As it happens, an e-mail says that \u201cthe big guy,\u201d identified by Bobulinski as Joe Biden, was going to get a 10% cut of the deal. In a text, Hunter associate James Gilliar reminded Bobulinski, \u201cDon\u2019t mention Joe being involved, it\u2019s only when u are face to face, I know you know that but they are paranoid.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If Republicans take the House, they should make all of this a major focus of investigation. In the meantime, the press ought, out of a feeling of shame if nothing else, to bring more skepticism to the assurances that Joe Biden knew nothing about any of this. Even the president\u2019s fiercest critics don\u2019t believe that he\u2019s <em>that<\/em> clueless.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Twitter: @RichLowry<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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